Here is a useful list of irregular verbs. Remember that there are more Regular than Irregular verbs.
Regular verbs: You need to know the infinitive form, and from the infinitive you get the other forms of the verb by adding an ending (suffix):
Infinitive + -ED : Past Simple and Past Participle. To work - worked - worked (working)
Irregular verbs: You need to know the Infinitive, Past Simple and Past Participle :
To Cut - Cut - Cut (Cutting) // To buy - bought - bought (Buying) // To go - Went - Gone (Going)
Learn the Irregular verb forms and do the online activities which you can find bellow the list.
Irregular Verbs in English
Here is a list of irregular verbs. They are listed in order of how often they appear in real English as shown by the famous Lancaster-Bergen corpus. These 50 in this order represent an incredible 87% of irregular verb occurrence in English. The other 80 irregular verbs in English make up the other 13%. If you are able to learn by heart merely the first eleven , that will equip you to deal with fully 50% of the usage of irregulars in English
Rank | Base Form | Past Tense Form | Past Participle |
1 | say | said | said |
2 | make | made | made |
3 | go | went | gone |
4 | take | took | taken |
5 | come | came | come |
6 | see | saw | seen |
7 | know | knew | known |
8 | get | got | got/gotten (US) |
9 | give | gave | given |
10 | find | found | found |
11 | think | thought | thought |
12 | tell | told | told |
13 | become | became | become |
14 | show | showed | shown |
15 | leave | left | left |
16 | feel | felt | felt |
17 | put | put | put |
18 | bring | brought | brought |
19 | begin | began | begun |
20 | keep | kept | kept |
21 | hold | held | held |
22 | write | wrote | written |
23 | stand | stood | stood |
24 | hear | heard | heard |
25 | let | let | let |
26 | mean | meant | meant |
27 | set | set | set |
28 | meet | met | met |
29 | run | ran | run |
30 | pay | paid | paid |
31 | sit | sat | sat |
32 | speak | spoke | spoken |
33 | lie | lay | lain |
34 | lead | led | led |
35 | read | read | read |
36 | grow | grew | grown |
37 | lose | lost | lost |
38 | fall | fell | fallen |
39 | send | sent | sent |
40 | build | built | built |
41 | understand | understood | understood |
42 | draw | drew | drawn |
43 | break | broke | broken |
44 | spend | spent | spent |
45 | cut | cut | cut |
46 | rise | rose | risen |
47 | drive | drove | driven |
48 | buy | bought | bought |
49 | wear | wore | worn |
50 | choose | chose | chosen |
SOME PRACTICE
Past Simple Order (very easy)
Irregular verbs Quiz
Irregular Verbs :Gap-Filling Exercise
Present or Past? Listen and choose the tense.
PRONUNCIATION REGULAR VERB ENDING -ED:
Word Final –ED ( Audio)
How is the final –ed pronounced ? Listen and choose
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